President Donald Trump will not be the first commander-in-chief to find that waging wars on multiple fronts is a strategy with significant drawbacks. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Taking on America’s NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, at the same time as the European Union is encouraging multiple retaliatory […]
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This Morning in Metals: Lighthizer Criticizes ‘Hypocrisy’ of Global Trading System
This morning in metals news, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer lashed out at the E.U.’s retaliatory tariffs, the Section 232 exclusion request process has allowed for some commercial gamesmanship and automakers warns against potential tariffs on imports of foreign cars. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Lighthizer Tut-Tuts E.U. […]
Aluminum Tariffs Results Are a Mixed Bag for U.S. So Far
If the aim of President Trump’s 10% import tariff on aluminum was to impact China or to encourage the reshoring of primary aluminum production into the U.S., it has, at least so far, been at best only a partial success. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Just last month, […]
Commerce Secretary Ross Testifies on Trade Actions Before Senate Finance Committee
Rising trade tensions are all the talk these days, stemming from an increasingly complicated web of tariffs, counter-tariffs and World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes, not to mention the ongoing talks surrounding renegotiation of the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook On Wednesday, […]
Is This a U.S.-China Trade War or Just a Chaotic Negotiation?
It may seem like we are on the brink of a trade war Armageddon. Certainly, stock markets have reacted negatively to the threat of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China. But the reality is we are in the midst of a crude, clumsy and haphazard negotiating process — […]
USTR Announces 25% Tariff Targeting 1,102 Chinese Imports
This past Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the list of Chinese goods targeted for an additional 25% tariff, marking a critical step in the Trump administration’s Section 301 probe that has investigated what it perceives to be unfair Chinese trade practices. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free […]
India Says New Steel Policy Has Added 24M Tons of Steel Capacity
India’s new steel impetus has started to pay dividends, it would seem. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The Government of India (GoI) has claimed that not only had the new policy saved it about $739 million (Rs 5000 crore) by way of foreign exchange, it had also helped […]
This Morning in Metals: Steel Imports Surge in the E.U.
This morning in metals, the European Union has seen its level of imports surge in 2018, a Republican Senator has unveiled a bill that seeks to check the president’s authority on tariffs and the E.U. plans to impose tariffs on the U.S. next month. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s […]
This Morning in Metals: Mexico Takes Aim at Steel, Farm Products
This morning in metals news, Mexico hits back against the U.S.; tariffs aren’t good for relationships with allies, the Aluminum Association’s CEO says; and the E.U. could impose steel and aluminum safeguard measures as early as July. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Mexico Hits Back Retaliation on the […]
U.S. Interior Publishes List of 35 Critical Minerals
The U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday published a final list of minerals deemed “critical to the economic and national security of the United States.” Buying Aluminum in 2018? Download MetalMiner’s free annual price outlook According to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) announcement, the list will be the “initial focus of a multi-agency strategy due […]
